Mystery & Detective - Traditional British

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The Long Way Home: A Chief Inspector ...

Louise Penny

Happily retired in the village of Three Pines, Armand Gamache, former Chief Inspector of Homicide with the Sûrete du Quebec, has found a peace he'd only imagined possible. On warm summer mornings he sits on a bench holding a small bo...

Unabridged CD
Published: Aug 2014

The Lighthouse

P. D. James

British police detective Adam Dalgliesh and his subordinates cope with various personal problems as they solve a politically sensitive mystery in the 13th entry in a bestselling series. Once a haven for pirates, Combe Island now serve...

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Published: Oct 2006

The Private Patient

P. D. James

Cheverell Manor is a lovely old house in deepest Dorset, now a private clinic belonging to the famous plastic surgeon George Chandler-Powell. When investigative journalist Rhoda Gradwyn arrived there one late autumn afternoon, schedul...

Unabridged CD
Published: Nov 2008

Sleep Like a Baby: An Aurora Teagarde...

Charlaine Harris

Being a new mother can be murder in Charlaine Harris’s latest heart-pounding mystery starring the inimitable Aurora Teagarden.Robin and Aurora have finally begun their adventure in parenting. Everything is going swimmingly but when ...

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Published: Jul 2018

The Long Way Home: A Chief Inspector ...

Louise Penny

Happily retired in the village of Three Pines, Armand Gamache, former Chief Inspector of Homicide with the Sûrete du Quebec, has found a peace he'd only imagined possible. On warm summer mornings he sits on a bench holding a small bo...

Paperback
Published: Jul 2015

A Great Reckoning: A Novel

Louise Penny

When an intricate old map is found stuffed into the walls of the bistro in Three Pines, it at first seems no more than a curiosity. But the closer the villagers look, the stranger it becomes.Given to Armand Gamache as a gift the first...

Unabridged CD
Published: Sep 2016

Glass Houses

Louise Penny

"...the events in GLASS HOUSES challenge Gamache's conscience unlike any of the previous audiobooks, with Bathurst prying open the hero's heart and soul and laying it bare for listeners to experience at a visceral level." ― Audiofil...

Unabridged CD
Published: Aug 2017

Unnatural Death: A BBC Full-Cast Radi...

Dorothy L. Sayers

This full-cast dramatization is adapted by Chris Miller and produced by Simon Brett. The wealthy Agatha Dawson is dead and there are no apparent signs of foul play. Lord Peter Wimsey, however, senses that something is amiss and he ref...

Unabridged CD
Published: Nov 2010

Death of a Policeman (Hamish Macbeth)...

M. C. Beaton

Local police stations all over the Scottish Highlands are being threatened with closure. This presents the perfect opportunity for Detective Chief Inspector Blair, who would love nothing more than to get rid of Sergeant Hamish Macbet...

Unabridged CD
Published: Feb 2014

As the Pig Turns: An Agatha Raisin My...

M. C. Beaton

Winter Parva, a traditional Cotswolds village, has decided to throw a celebratory hog roast to mark the beginning of the winter holiday festivities and Agatha Raisin has arrived with friend and rival in the sleuthing business, Toni, t...

Unabridged CD
Published: Sep 2011

All the Devils Are Here: A Novel (Chi...

Louise Penny

In All the Devils Are Here, the 16th novel by #1 bestselling author Louise Penny finds Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the S ret du Quebec investigating a sinister plot in the City of Light. On their first night in Paris, the Gama...

Unabridged CD
Published: Sep 2020

How the Light Gets In: A Chief Inspec...

Louise Penny

The#1 New York Times Bestseller"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." —Leonard CohenChristmas is approaching, and in Quebec it's a time of dazzling snowfalls, bright lights, and gatherings with fr...

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Published: Jul 2014

The Madness of Crowds: A Novel (Chief...

Louise Penny

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns to Three Pines in #1 New York Times bestseller Louise Penny's latest spellbinding novelYou’re a coward.Time and again, as the New Year approaches, that charge is leveled against Armand Gam...

Unabridged CD
Published: Aug 2021

A Trick of the Light: A Chief Inspect...

Louise Penny

A New York Times Notable Crime Book and Favorite Cozy for 2011 "Hearts are broken," Lillian Dyson carefully underlined in a book. "Sweet relationships are dead." But now Lillian herself is dead. Found among the bl...

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Published: Jul 2012

The False Inspector Dew

Peter Lovesey

Alma Webster's passionate love affair with dentist Walter Baranov leads to the murder of his wife, the couple's journey to the United States, and a shioard murder that Walter, having hidden his identity under the alias Inspector Dew, ...

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Published: Jul 2003

The Babes in the Wood

Ruth Rendell

The mysterious disappearance of two local teenagers and their baby-sitter draws Inspector Wexford into a baffling case involving dark family secrets, violence, a religious cult, adultery, and murder. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

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Published: Oct 2004

The Beautiful Mystery: A Chief Inspec...

Louise Penny

The brilliant new novel in the New York Times bestselling series by Louise Penny, one of the most acclaimed crime writers of our time  No outsiders are ever admitted to the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups, hidden deep ...

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Published: Jul 2013

The Murder Room

P. D. James

Commander Adam Dalgiesh investigates a murder which seems to be tied to a dispute over whether or not to close a private museum dedicated to London's interwar years of 1919-1939. After a second murder occurs, Dalgiesh realizes the kil...

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Published: Nov 2004

Five Little Pigs: A Hercule Poirot My...

Agatha Christie

This carefully crafted novel is perhaps the strongest proof that Agatha Christie was a gifted writer as well as a shrewd storyteller. It is the story of a woman's attempt to clear her mother's name 16 years after the mother was convic...

Unabridged CD
Published: Oct 2004

Police at the Funeral (Felony & Mayhe...

Margery Allingham

The imperious Caroline Faraday runs her house like a Victorian fiefdom, unconcerned with the fact that it's 1931. Furniture and meals are heavy and elaborate, both motorcars and morning tea are forbidden on account of vulgarity. The F...

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Published: Feb 2006

The Nature of the Beast: A Chief Insp...

Louise Penny

Hardly a day goes by when nine year old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. From alien invasions, to walking trees, to winged beasts in the woods, to dinosaurs spotted in the village of Three Pines, his tales are so extraordinary no one ...

Unabridged CD
Published: Aug 2015

The Mother Hunt: A Nero Wolfe Mystery...

Rex Stout

This mystery from one of America's best-loved writers features one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time--Nero Wolfe. Wolfe is an orchid-growing, gourmandizing, demanding genius who solves most cases with the able assistanc...

Unabridged CD
Published: Oct 2009

Resurrection Row: A Charlotte and Tho...

Anne Perry

What an odd sight! The dead body of a peer of the realm sitting upright in an empty hansom cab. He had been decently buried once before, Inspector Pitt knew. There was something terrible amiss. Despite doctor's claims of death by natu...

Paperback
Published: Sep 2009

Postern of Fate: A Tommy and Tuppence...

Agatha Christie

After closing their detective agency, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford move to the resort town of Hollowquay for their retirement - which is quickly postponed. Tuppence discovers a children's book signed with a child's name, 'Alexander Pa...

Unabridged CD
Published: Feb 2004

Death of a Kingfisher (Hamish Macbeth...

M. C. Beaton

When Scotland is hit by the recession, Police Constable Hamish Macbeth notices that the Highland people are forced to come up with inventive ways to lure tourists to their sleepy towns. The quaint village of Braikie doesn't have much ...

Paperback
Published: Dec 2012

The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds: An Isa...

Alexander McCall Smith

ISABEL DALHOUSIE - Book 9Nothing captures the charm of Edinburgh like the bestselling Isabel Dalhousie series of novels featuring the insatiably curious philosopher and woman detective.  Whether investigating a case or a problem of p...

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Published: Jul 2013

Full Dark House: A Peculiar Crimes Un...

Christopher Fowler

Edgy, suspenseful, and darkly comic, here is the first novel in a riveting new mystery series starring two cranky but brilliant old detectives whose lifelong friendship was forged solving crimes for the London Police Department's Pecu...

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Published: Sep 2008

Death of a Greedy Woman (Hamish Macbe...

M. C. Beaton

A classic title from M. C. Beaton's New York Times bestselling 'Hamish Macbeth' series. Peta Gore is the bane of her friend's otherwise successful life. Maria Worth has come to hate her old friend -- a noisy, vulgar glutton. There is ...

Unabridged CD
Published: Dec 2013

Pushing Up Daisies: An Agatha Raisin ...

M. C. Beaton

New York Times bestseller M. C. Beaton's beloved Agatha Raisin is back on the case and poking around where she doesn't belong.Agatha Raisin, private detective, resident in the Cotswold village of Carsely, should have been a contented ...

Paperback
Published: Aug 2017

The Woman in the Water: A Prequel to ...

Charles Finch

A chilling new mystery in the USA Today bestselling series by Charles Finch, The Woman in the Water takes readers back to Charles Lenox's very first case and the ruthless serial killer who would set him on the course to become one of ...

Paperback
Published: Jan 2019
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